Aloha shoppers! In addition to my permanent booth at the Maui Swap Meet each Saturday morning from 7am-noon, you can find me at these upcoming events this holiday season located on the Big Island and Oahu. (I will not be at the Swap Meet on the following dates listed below) …

Iʻm excited to introduce my latest blockprint design: Hapuʻu! Hapuʻu is an endemic Hawaiian tree fern, historically found in rainy areas all over the Hawaiian islands. These beautiful and slow-growing plants are currently considered threatened, due to over-harvesting and climate change. They were used in ancient times for medicine and…

I am excited to share several new drink mat designs! I have a new Olena block print, which is a canoe plant related to ginger. It was used as a medicinal plant in ancient Hawaii. The hapu’u drink mat features a a fern frond and small fiddleheads. A Hapu’u pillow…

It was Kahiko night at the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival and as I was standing outside during intermission a light rain began to fall. Here in Hawaiʻi we say “rain is a blessing” and it was unusual as the whole week leading up to this night had been hot and…

I am very excited to be sharing my designs with you for the fourth year at the Merrie Monarch Festival. If you haven’t been to the Invitational Hawaiian Arts Fair, which is the official craft fair of the Merrie Monarch hula festival, its become a go-to not just for Merrie…

The new Nordstroms at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu will open March 11, 2016. This store will feature a large Made in Hawaiʻi department. I was honored to have my tea towels and drink mats included in the selection process and then chosen to be one of the vendors for…

Holoholo Bags! I have combined the popular cross body Hele Bag with a larger clutch to create my latest purse – the Holoholo Bag. (Holoholo means to go for a ride, travel around for pleasure.) There are 2 blockprint designs – Hala and Kalo in black or khaki. They come…

The aloha spirit is known as a quality within Hawaii. It is a way of interacting with each other in our community. We that live here have a “I see you” not “Iʻm out for myself” way of thinking that translates into empathy and politeness in everyday life and embraces…

I created a custom blockprint for the de Young museum in San Francisco for their upcoming exhibit: Na Hulu Aliʻi (Royal Hawaiian Featherwork). It will open at the end of this month, August 29, 2015 and run until February 28, 2016. This was not only a honor but a kuleana…

New for the 2015 Made in Hawaiʻi Festival August 21-23, is my Heʻe Nalu Pillow Cover! Heʻe Nalu translates to wave sliding or surfing in Hawaiian. The pillow cover background fabric is a light tan with a brown blockprint and basketweave-like borders. Heʻe Nalu or wave surfing has been a…

Upcoming Events

Saturday mornings: Maui Swap Meet, booth 104, 7am – noon. (Go down entrance ramp, turn left at first row.) This artisan fair is located at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui in Kahului. I will not be at the fair if the date conflicts with an event listed below or if it is raining.(Maui)